Donalda

Donalda
Donalda
Village
	Village of Donalda
	The Donalda oil lamp roadside attraction
	Location in Alberta
	Coordinates: 52°34′58.2″N 112°34′18.2″W / 52.582833°N 112.571722°W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	7
Municipal district	County of Stettler No. 6
Incorporated
• Village	December 30, 1912
Government
• Mayor	Doug Booker
• Governing body	Donalda Village Council
Area (2021)
• Land	0.97 km2 (0.37 sq mi)
Elevation	780 m (2,560 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	226
• Density	233.6/km2 (605/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Highways	Highway 53
Website	village.donalda.ab.ca

Donalda is a village in central Alberta, Canada that is east of Ponoka. It was founded in 1911 and takes its name from Donalda Crossway, a niece of Sir Donald Mann, a Canadian Northern Railway official.^[4] It is home to the "World's Largest Oil Lamp", standing at 12.8 metres (42 ft) high, the structure is one of the Giants of the Prairies. The village was first named Eidswold by the Norwegian settlers who first founded the community.^[5] It was renamed Donalda in 1910, when the railroad came through.^[6]

^ "Location and History Profile: Village of Donalda" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 14, 2016. p. 239. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Donalda". Unlock the Past with Central Alberta Regional Museum Network. Central Alberta Regional Museum Network. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
^ "Mot Kanadas Nordvast: Pioneer Settlement by Scandinavians in Central Alberta" by William C. Wonders. Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, Vol. 65, No. 2 (1983), pp. 129-152.
^ Donalda Jubilee Committee (1963). Fifty years on the coulee rim: factual history of Donalda and district. Donalda, Alberta. p. 5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[AMAVillageProfiles-1] "Location and History Profile: Village of Donalda" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 14, 2016. p. 239. Retrieved October 17, 2016.

[council-2] "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.

[2021census-3] Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "Donalda". Unlock the Past with Central Alberta Regional Museum Network. Central Alberta Regional Museum Network. Retrieved 2014-04-25.

[5] "Mot Kanadas Nordvast: Pioneer Settlement by Scandinavians in Central Alberta" by William C. Wonders. Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, Vol. 65, No. 2 (1983), pp. 129-152.

[6] Donalda Jubilee Committee (1963). Fifty years on the coulee rim: factual history of Donalda and district. Donalda, Alberta. p. 5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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